希臘與債權人達成第三輪紓困框架協議
Greece struck an outline deal with creditors on the terms of a proposed 86bn rescue package, marking a breakthrough before an August 20 deadline for its next debt repayment.
希臘與債權人就擬議中的860億歐元救助方案的條款達成了框架協議，標誌着在8月20日下一個償債截止日期之前取得突破。
The European Commission confirmed that negotiators had “achieved an agreement in principle”. However, Germany, which alongside other eurozone members must ratify the agreement for a third bailout for Greece, appeared reluctant to give its blessing while talks remain open on some details.
歐盟委員會(European Commission)證實，談判代表們“在原則上達成了一致”。然而，必須和其他歐元區成員國一道批准第三輪希臘紓困的德國，似乎不願作出任何積極表態，而且談判在一些細節上仍然懸而未決。
Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday night she wanted more time to complete talks and argued for a bridging loan rather than a rushed agreement that would need to be put to the German parliament for ratification as early as next week.
德國總理安格拉默克爾(Angela Merkel)週一晚向希臘總理亞歷克西斯倠溟拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)表示，她希望得到更多時間來完成談判，併力主先安排一筆過渡性貸款，而非匆匆簽署一份需要德國議會下週就批准的草率協議。
The agreement reached between Athens and the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the commission covers the main points of a sweeping three-year fiscal and structural reform programme.
在希臘和國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)、歐洲央行(ECB)以及歐盟委員會之間達成的這份協議，涵蓋了全面財政和結構改革3年計劃的要點。
Most of the reforms that the Greek government must implement before creditors begin to release funds from the new package have been agreed. But final details of these so-called “prior actions” still need to be worked out on “one or two items”, an official said.
多數改革已經獲得同意，希臘政府必須在債權人開始發放新救助方案的資金之前實施這些改革。但一名官員表示，在“一兩件事”上，這些所謂“先決行動”的最終細節仍有待敲定。
Mr Tsipras recalled Greece’s parliament to enact the reforms tomorrow. Among the prior actions it will pass are a 50bn privatisation programme, measures to tackle non-performing loans and the full liberalisation of energy markets.
齊普拉斯已召回希臘議會，以便在明日批准改革措施。希臘議會需要通過的先決行動中，包含一項總值500億歐元的私有化計劃、處理不良貸款的措施以及能源市場的全面自由化。
Negotiators have agreed sharply reduced fiscal targets to reflect Greece’s worsening economic situation . The outline deal calls for a 0.5 per cent primary budget deficit — before debt payments — instead of the primary surplus of 3 per cent of national output forecast in the current budget, the officials said. The primary surplus forecasts for 2016 and 2017 are also lower, at 0.5 per cent and 1.75 per cent instead of 4.5 per cent.
談判代表們同意大幅下調財政目標，以反映希臘日益糟糕的經濟形勢。官員們表示，框架協議要求0.5%的基本預算赤字（即償還債務前的預算赤字），而不是現行預算所預測的佔國民產出3%的基本盈餘。2016年和2017年的基本盈餘預測也被下調至0.5%和1.75%，而非之前的4.5%。
Jens Spahn, German deputy finance minister, cautioned that Berlin would now be “checking carefully” the outline agreement. If a final deal is not reached in time, the EU may yet have to tap bloc funds to extend Greece a bridging loan to meet its obligations. Athens is due to make a 3.2bn debt repayment to the ECB on August 20.
德國財政部副部長延斯施潘(Jens Spahn)告誡稱，柏林方面將“仔細檢查”該框架協議。如果不能及時達成最終協議，歐盟可能仍不得不動用歐元區資金向希臘提供過渡性貸款，使該國有錢償還舊債。希臘必須在8月20日向歐洲央行償還32億歐元債務。
